Recently, I wanted a white board to have a physical list of homemade healthy food available at home. We didn’t have the money for one so we bought some dry-erase markers and taped old paper bags onto the back of the glass of our rarely used china cabinet. I like having a big visible list in the kitchen so my husband and I could refrain from opening the fridge several times a day. I also like planning a day before or on the day of so I can gouge what we’re craving for and which ingredients we have available that day.
Forgive the handwriting but I listed down several foods and recipes that we enjoy and have been repeats in our diet. We also wanted it to be relatively cheap so we process and prep meals at home to save food. All of the meals and food items listed are vegan. So far, we’ve been saving up great and feeling better with relatively healthier eating :D
How do you plan your meals?
image description: A china cabinet with its glass doors used like a white board. Brown paper bags are taped behind the glass to make the text visible.
My wife and I hate having our entire weeks meals planned out. We love to be a little spontaneous so we have generally do less meal prep. We typically cook daily and gives us a change to make what we feel like each day.
We have a few standards that we always have ingredients for which we generally make. For these we just make them whenever we feel like it. We have a few staples that we can make using multiple different sets of vegetables like stir fry and pasta that we whip up with whatever we have around. For other recipes we just go to the store to get things just for that meal. We really try to avoid having too much in our fridge since it goes bad quickly with just two of us. Its more about general techniques or vague recipes.